Keppel Gate
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Keppel Gate Isle of Man TT (Mountain) Course Sign on the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road with a south-east aspect looking towards Slieau Ree mountain and Keppel Gate.
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| Coordinates | 54°12′50.9″N 4°28′47.1″W / 54.214139°N 4.479750°WCoordinates: 54°12′50.9″N 4°28′47.1″W / 54.214139°N 4.479750°W |
| Built | 1864–1866, 1894-1896 1921-22, 1992, 2015 |
 Location of Keppel Gate in Isle of Man
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Keppel Gate, Isle of Man (archaic| Kippal Gate) is part of a former UK Crown Receiver estate including a series of former highway gates is now Common land in public ownership and is one of three purpose built section of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road used for the Isle of Man TT races. The area of Keppel Gate including a nearby private residence of Kate's Cottage at the adjacent 34th TT Milestone road-side marker is located between the 4th Milestone and 5th Milestone road-side markers on the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road in the parish district of Kirk Onchan in the Isle of Man.
The ridge line of Keppel Gateis part of a large area of former Crown Commons grazing mountain land known as 'Slieau Lhoost.' It is an area of uncultivated upland Mountain Land adjacent to the mountain summits of Slieau Ree (Manx: Mountain of Heather) at a height of 316 metres (1,037 ft) above sea-level and the nearby hillside of Slieau Meayl (Manx: bare, barren mountain).
The area of Keppel Gate and Slieau Ree mountain consist of acid grassland, heath and hillside fell with views of Baldwin Valley in the parish of Kirk Braddan and the nearby Beinn-y-Phott Mountain.
The Isle of Man Wild Life Act (1990) permits order the foundation of different types of "Areas of Special Scientific Interest" in the Isle of Man for wildlife, land, coastal or marine environments. This includes sections of the North Atlantic sub-montane heath found on different sections of Mountain Lands in the Isle of Man as a European Union community "priority habitat", as described by Annex 1 of the EU Habitats Directive and also the UK Guidelines for Selection of Biological Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI's).
The heath and heather moorland of the Northern Uplands of the type found at Keppel Gate, including Slieau Ree Mountain and Kate's Cottage is an Area of Specific Scientific Interest (ASSI) and further nearby sections of mountain land at Keppel Gate are defined as a "biodiversity" and a upland conservation "hot-spot."
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